The Paul Tracy Murder Case: Broadway Is My Beat (September 27, 1952)

“The Paul Tracy Murder Case” is an episode of Broadway Is My Beat, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 27, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Paul Tracy, a jeweler found shot in his shop during an apparent robbery. As evidence emerges about missing inventory and Tracy's personal relationships, a troubled picture develops of the victim's life—his devoted but resentful daughter who cared for him, and a young woman named Mary who had fallen in love with him despite her father's disapproval.

New York City Broadway, primarily a jewelry shop on 46th Street and police headquarters

Characters: Detective Danny Clover, Sergeant Gina Tichel, Paul Tracy (victim), Miss Tracy (Paul's daughter), Charles Gower, Mary Gower

Listen for: The atmospheric opening describing Broadway at night, the discovery of Tracy's body in his locked jewelry shop, and the revelation of romantic entanglements surrounding the victim

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.